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Synagogues, their history and decoration, represent an illuminating record of the cultural and artistic history of the Jewish people. As a focal point for the community as well as a spiritual centre, the synagogue has both a symbolic and a practical significance. From its origins in the Tabernacle, through the exuberant Venetian synagogues of the Renaissance, to the often stark simplicity of modern buildings, H A Meek examines the fascinating story of the building central to every Jewish community. His spirited narrative shows the ways in which a vast array of cultural influences have merged to produce a rich and coherent heritage in the fields of architecture and decoration.

This book features Grimshaws work from the late 1980s onwards, which has included some of Europes most prestigious commissions; in Berlin he is planning a new Stock Exchange, while in London he has built on the success of his printing plant for the Financial Times with his stunning new international railway terminal at Waterloo, which has been completed to wide acclaim.

Jessica Stockholder A survey of the artist''s vividly coloured three-dimensional collages.Survey by Barry Schwabsky, Interview by Lynne Tillman, Focus by Lynne Cooke, Artist''s Choice text by Julian Jaynes and Cornelius Castoriadis, Writings by Jessica Stockholder North American artist Jessica Stockholder (b.1959) explodes the boundaries between painting, sculpture and architecture Found objects, from oranges to neon tubes, discarded household fabrics and building materials are massed and intertwined with profusions of vivid colour Her architectonic installations recall Kurt Schwitters'' Dadaist collages, splicing them with the formal concerns of 1950s abstract painting and a postmodern sensibility About the authorBack to top of page Barry Schwabsky is an art critic and poet living in London. He contributed to Phaidon''s Vitamin P (2002) and is a regular contributor to Artforum and numerous other art journals. His books include The Widening Circle: Consequences of Modernism in Contemporary Art (1997), and Opera: Poems 1981-2002 (2003). Lynne Tillman is an art critic and writer of fiction whose books include No Lease on Life (1999) and This is Not It (2002). A National Book Critics Circle Award finalist, Tillman has collaborated often with artists and writes regularly on art and culture. Lynne Cooke has been curator at Dia Art Foundation since 1991. She co-curated the 1991 Carnegie International and was Artistic Director of the 1996 Sydney Biennale. She is a lecturer at Yale University and is on the faculty for Curatorial Studies at Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York.